ROMANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OFACCESSION OF ROMANIATO THE CENTRAL POWERS (1883-1914)

摘要

THROUGH THIS SYNTHESIS WE INTEND TO CONVEY A MORE OBJECTIVE AND REALISTIC VIEWABOUT POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND RUSSIA DURING THEPERIOD 1883-1914, IN WHICH ROMANIA WAS PART OF THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY BLOC OF THECENTRAL POWERS. FOR THE RULING CIRCLES IN BUCHAREST IT WAS CLEAR THAT WITHOUT THESUPPORT OF THE GREAT POWERS, OR OF SOME OF THESE, A FOREIGN POLICY COULDN’T HAVEBEEN CARRIED IN THE ADVANTAGE OF ROMANIA. AT THAT TIME THE BEST SOLUTION WAS FORROMANIA TO JOIN THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. TREATIES WHICH ESTABLISHED THIS OPTIONREPRESENTED THE BASIS OF THE ROMANIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF WORLDWAR I. ON THE OTHER HAND, RUSSIA WILL BE LINKED TO THE OTHER POLITICAL ANDDIPLOMATIC LINEOUT, THE ENTENTE, COMPLETED IN 1907. HOWEVER, ROMANIA, WHOOPERATING A POLICY OF PRESERVING THE STATUS QUO IN THE BALKANS, WAS INTERESTED INMAINTAINING GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. ALSO DIPLOMACY TSARIST THATSOUGHT TO KEEP AND EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE SAME REGION WAS TAKING LARGERINFLUENCE IN BUCHAREST TO COUNTERACT THE PLANS OF THE CENTRAL POWERS.